Comments on: Friendiversary, Bromances and Non-Sexual Crushes

By: Vanessa Van Petten

Vanessa Van Petten — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:23:43 +0000

Hey Catie

Thanks for both of your comments on my friends posts! I am so glad you can relate…friendonomics are sooo changing = )

Thanks for reading

Vanessa

By: catie

catie — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:02:26 +0000

hey this article is so great! the cotton candy analogies are really great. but there is also a really serious side to this- like you said, we can get lost in the superficiality and forget the different between facebook friends and real friends. Realizing that real friends are people I can keep in touch with without facebook is part of the reason I deleted mine.
Another thing I really dislike about facebook friending- a lot of people get really caught up in the whole game, almost to an unhealthy degree. A girl I know would make up fake profiles just to have more friends. She would also use the fake people to leave compliments of her own profile, so that she would seem more popular and (she thought) talented and attractive.
Anyway, just wanted to say I’m glad you’re helping others find the difference! It’s good to maintain a sense of perspective and realize that the people who cyberstalk are not always people who will be there for you.

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By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:54:38 +0000

hey thanks Jun

it doesnt sound dorky at all, I felt like a real adult when I had my first friend of the opposite sex that was really just a friend!

Thanks for reading

Vanessa

By: Jun Loayza

Jun Loayza — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:53:08 +0000

All these terms are so cute. Even though I don’t relate to them at all, it’s fun to learn what little teens are doing nowadays.

In High School I was one of those guys who didn’t really have any friends who were girls. The only girls who I had relations with were girls that I have dated or girls who I had crushes on (non-friendship crushes). All this changed when I got to UCLA and joined a Co-ed Business Fraternity. Since the people in their were all my “brothers”, I actually started having friends who were girls. This may sound super dorky, but it felt really good to have a friend who was a girl and not have any sexual feelings toward her.

Actually, I can relate to #5, the cotton candy friend. I just looked at my Facebook and realized that I actually know most of my friends on there!

Great post and I look forward to reading more

- Jun Loayza